Classified National Security Information
Summary
Established the current framework for classifying, safeguarding, and declassifying national security information. Set automatic declassification timelines and strengthened oversight of the classification system.
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Related Executive Orders
Authorizing the Secretary of War to Prescribe Military Areas
Franklin D. Roosevelt — February 19, 1942
United States Foreign Intelligence Activities
Gerald Ford — February 18, 1976
United States Intelligence Activities
Jimmy Carter — January 24, 1978
United States Intelligence Activities
Ronald Reagan — December 4, 1981
National Security Information
Ronald Reagan — April 2, 1982
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